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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Kano motor park bombing scene… on Tuesday There was bloodbath in Kano and Potiskum on Tuesday following suicide bomb attacks on motor parks in the two cities. Fifteen people died and 53 others were injured in the Potiskum, Yobe State attack while 12 were said to have lost their lives in the incident at the […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Kano, State News, Top Stories
Friday, December 26th, 2014
A 14-year-old Nigerian girl who was arrested with explosives strapped to her body told journalists Wednesday that her parents volunteered her to take part in a suicide attack. The girl, who was identified as Zahra’u Babangida, was arrested in Kano on December 10 following a double suicide bombing in a market that killed 10 people. […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
There was confusion in Kano on Wednesday as bombs exploded near the popular Kanti Kwari Textile Market along Ibrahim Taiwo Road. Six people, including two female suicide bombers, who alleged detonated the bombs, were confirmed dead. Nine sustained varying degrees of injuries. The Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Aderenle Shinaba, told journalists at the scene […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, December 5th, 2014
The Kano State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday said that Nigeria would be able to solve the problem of corruption if Nigerians embraced good leadership. Kwankwaso who disclosed this in Benin while addressing APC delegates in Edo State ahead of the party’s presidential primary next Wednesday, said […]
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Headlines, Kano
Monday, December 1st, 2014
Wife of the Vice President, Amina Sambo | credits: File copy Wife of Vice President Namadi Sambo, Amina, is one of the bereaved as a result of the multiple explosions that rocked the Kano Central Mosque Friday last week. Sambo’s wife, who hails from Kano, was said to have lost an undisclosed number of […]
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General Politics, Kano, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, November 28th, 2014
120 killed in mosque bomb explosions No fewer than 120 died and 270 were injured on Friday as the violent Boko Haram sect bombed the 10,000 capacity Kano Central Mosque where the Emir, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, usually leads prayers. About 10 gunmen went on a shooting spree after the blast at the mosque, which […]
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Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
2015: I’ll defeat Jonathan if APC gives me ticket –Kwankwaso By DESMOND MGBOH, KANO on November 2, 2014 Politics Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has assured Nigerians that if given the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC), he will defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming 2015 presidential election. Kwankwaso spoke […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Saturday, October 18th, 2014
Residents of Kano have commended the Federal Government for the ceasefire agreement it reached with members of the Boko Haram sect. Some of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday expressed happiness over the development. According to them, the agreement was a welcome development as it will […]
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Headlines, Kano
Saturday, October 4th, 2014
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State is among the contenders for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 general elections. Kwankwaso, in this piece, unfolds his agenda for Nigeria. By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Today I look at Nigeria and I feel sorry for the high level of […]
